Resilient wheel



N. L. OLSON.

RESILIENT WHEEL. APPLlC ATION FILED MAR-24, 1919.

' 1,382,537 Patented June 21, 1921.

INVENTOR.

' WITNIRZSS:

E M WW 1 N L ATTORNEYS.

H QFig; 2 isa cross sectional? "view of the I ,Fig. 3 is asidegelevationof a; portion of .a wheel illustrating,

my invention,

original one without having recourse to expedlent of the lnsertlng,llIlBISL: V J

A still further object of my lnvention to provide a wheel which willeliminate "a the of a cheaper material than would be neces sary if thewhole wheelwere ma dein one piecer- The Where in 1 and referencewill nowbe hadftothedrawire is a side elevationoi I a slight modification of 5 1F igAis a cross 7 In the drawing, the reference numeral 13 denotes ahollow hub having; parellel 'side walls prqvided with openingsl J; and15, the i former" providing clearance, for; an mile,

7 means so thatra brake drum,j;hub ,cap. or.

other member ,may. be attached. to the hub. I Integral with v the hub13am hollow. or e Itubular spokes 1".having the'inne'r ends thereofcommunicating jwiththe hollow hub and the outer ends thereof closed: bycylindrical -sp kesl-m a, {Mounted in the sockets 3 are; blocks ofrubber 6 constituting resilientjmembers thatjj or elasticmaterial."

' potrudefromth'e sockets '3 and said memsockets 3 grea'teu j in ,diameter than the rs may bejlmade of'any suitable resilient.

I Circumferentially otthe outer endsot'the of a length so that t hjeo'uterjends thereof V the rim2 to be compressed and yet maintain:

portions of said resilient members exposed between the sockets 3 and theguide members 4, said exposed portionsconstituting an elas- "ti'cconnection betwee'n the" spokes and the Pressed or otherwise mounted onthe rim:-

that may be advantageously used'bn truck h P-Q B. .ri e "bit er i iiisaid resilient members to be firmlyseated in silient member 7 I arecompressed, causing the sockets 3, With the outer endsfofthe resilientmembers contacting with the inner .-.Wall'I'Of the' 'tire. rim 12 thereis a frictional connection between the tire rim 12 and the rim 2 thatdiminishes the chances of the tlre 11111,.50 that any road shocksreceived by the tire "are 'partlyabsorbed by the resilient members thusmaking ehicle ride easy. 1 forcing the pressed o'n'tire rim 12 from.above are a few of the objects which I attain by a wheel thatwillbehereinafter more fully" considered and then claimed,

thefapertured rim 2 the; resilient, members maybe removed and renewed.

The ize'; and shape of the resilient meme.

curves orjcorners at speed;

bers and theirln'umberare such that they'co- V p r t 'prdp r ys pprtilig eout crushing the resilient members, a and at the same timeresist the shearing, action of 7 the sockets ,3 in transmitting thedrive from slight modification of my invention, whereare sphericalandhollow and may beinfiated I, I t I I toprovideadesired degreeofpre'ssure'jsimip n le or the eq iv l tlthe eote t latter providingelearance for, fastening lar to a pneumatic" tire. ll'l'thislmodifijcation vare seatedjin, semi spherical sockets 5 at the iouter ends of'w'heel spokes.) Thef'resilient me b rseextendintoIsemi-spherical; sockets composfedIofparts' 9;and 10,the}former being 'integral'with' a-rfim" 16 and-'thef latter being inthe form of 'a' cap that is detachable frelative to the "rim 16,'and,thesocket pa'rtf 9, but

is attached tea webfportion 17 of the socket p 9. b01 "a dhut k'gh l y ii igIiatedlL This enements-arrows a de mountable rimfeature ffwhich is,valuable when it is desired to ohang'e oneof the 're- "silientmembers,asit is only necessary to v r t v ,remove the bolts and nuts; and shouldthe fjmemb'ers 6 is an apertured rim, 2 provided tireneed;renewalnitfican be'easily accomv plished fby removingiall of the socketparts 10 and substituting anew tire and wheel rim .without having topress the tire ofiipfithe 'tire' rim.- This {feature isadvantageous withWill'slightly protrude from the periphery of trucks inuse in jfarmingrconnnunities, where no service stationis" at hand, andfwhen' a stoppagefor tnfe replacement may. mean the lo' 'ss of much valuable, time, aswith my improvmentiit is y. 'hecessary to carry in stock a; spare wheelrim; with a tire thereon.

It is'thought that the utility 1 of my in-V vjention will, be apparentjwithoutfurther description, and while in the drawing there. 1

is illustrated the preferred; embodiments of my invention, it is to beunderstood thatthe structural elements are susceptible to such ibersinthe periphery of saidfbo'dy andprotruding therefrom, an apertured rimabout said body and having the apertures thereof members being mountedin the periphery of 10 equally spaced, and cylindrical open end thewheel body Without removing the aperpockets integral with said aperturedrim at tured rim.

the apertures thereof and through which In testimony whereof I afiix mysignature said resilient members protrude so that said in the presenceof two witnesses.

members may have the outer ends thereof NELS L. OLSON. compressed, and apressed on tire rim about Witnesses: the apertured rim compressing theresilient KARL H. BUTLER,

members and permitting of said resilient G. E. MGGRANN.

